Garment bagging device



July 24, 1956 w. B. JOHNSON GARMENT BAGGING DEVICE Filed Dec. 29, 1952 INVENTOR I/L B. Johnson BY ATTORNEYS United States GARMENT BAGGING DEVICE .William B. Johnson, Knoxville, Tenn.

Application December 29, 1952, Serial No. 328,362

4 Claims. (Cl. 53-241) This invention relates to a garment bagging device for use in dry cleaning and other establishments where protective bags are placed overgarments supported .on conventional hangers. The bags used .are entirely open at the bottom but closed at the top except for .a small, centrally located opening through which the hook of the garment hanger may pass.

of device, an empty .garment'bag is elevated over the downwardly extending portion a garment hanger with the .garment thereon is placed on .the hook,.and. the bag is lowered over the hanger and garment.

A more specific object of this invention is to provide a garment baggingdevice of the type mentionedlabove with additional garment hanger support means vnear the hook or eye but spaced therefrom to support thehanger while the bag is being elevated over the .freeendo'fthe downwardly extending portion. This construction allows the user to employ both hands in elevating the empty bag while making the provisionvof brake means .to .hold the bag in elevated position unnecessary.

his a further objectyof thisinventionto providea garment bagging device of the type mentionedabove-which can be used etficiently by two persons at.the same time.

All of these objects are accomplished by.the,garment bagging device of this invention which-comprisesapair of spaced upright members supporting therebetweema plurality of bag racks with their bag supporting portions being spaced frorneach other in stepped relation. Each rack below the uppermost one may have a bag supporting portion on one or both sides of the plane of the upright members. Above one'or both-of'the uprights-is a memher which projectsupwardlyand then bends downwardly and has a pair of hookssecured thereto, one of the hooks being located at thefree end of the-downwardly:extending portion and the other hook being located 'on 'the upwardly extending portion at aboutithe same level'as the other hook.

Other and further objectsand advantages will 'become apparent from the following specification when 'read in the light of the annexed drawings,in=which:

Fig. l is a perspective view of my improved garment bagging device;

Fig. 2 is a sectional view diagrammatically indicating the supplies of empty bags and showing a conventional garment hanger on the device; and

Fig. 3 is a perspective view of a modified form of my improved garment bagging device.

Referring now more particularly to Figs. 1 and 2 of the drawings, the numeral 2 designates spaced apart base frame members having a foot portion 3 at each of their atentC 2,755,610 Patented July 24, 1956 'The axis of this first rack lies substantially within .the

plane containing the .axesof the 'two uprights 5. Long, dress sizebags 15 are ordinarily folded overthis rack.

The second bag supporting rack 8,is below the rack 7 .and .has two horizontal bag supporting portions 9 and 10. These portions are parallel to the rack 7 and are spaced on opposite sides .thereof. vSupplies ofme'dium length, suitsize bags 16are folded over each ofthe bag supportingporti'ons 9 and 10 of this second rack.

'The .third bag supporting rack 12 is below.and similar to therack 8, the only .difterence being that the bag supporting portions 13 and 14 are spaced farther apartthan the portions 9 and 10 of the rack 8. A supply ofshort, trouser size bags 17 is folded over each of the portions 13 and '14 of thethird rack.

The described rack means has a capacity of approximately five hundred empty bags and offers a number of advantages. The suppliesof empty bags arecompactly arranged in position for immediate use; a supply of'bags of each of the different sizes is readily accessible from either side of the device; .and the .displacement of the several bag supporting portions in stepped relation ,permits manipulation of the bags from any one of the supplies without interference from another bag supply or from some structural element of the device.

All of the v elements heretofore described, except the tips 4 and the reducing Tfs 18,, maybe formed ofrmetal tubing jsuitabl-y bent .and joined as by weldingrtovprovide astructureof the illustrated shape. This structure provides a firm base for members 19 which may also he metal tubing itdesired. Members 19 are secured .tothe uprights '5'by the reducing Ts 18 and extend upwardly in portions '20 and then downwardly ,in back-turned portions '21. Garment hanger supportingmeans 22, here shown as hooks, are provided on ,the ,free .ends of the portions 21, and garment .hangersupporting .,means 2 also shown here .as hooks, are provided on portions 20 atlabout thejleveihof the hooks 22.

If desired, some ,QI'.allv.Qf the metal parts of this .device .may be covered with :baked enamel of. any desired color .or colors.

The device is .usedlin the following manner: A hanger .2'4 vwith.agarment thereonis broughtto ,thedevice and hung tonahook 23. Thisleaves both of the .hands ,of the ,userfree for ,emplqymentin themanipulation .ofthe empty bag. .A bag of .a ,size,appropriatefor protecting the particulargarment on the .hangerkis then removed from one .ofthe supplieslofempty bags andelevated over portion .21 .sotha-t portion 21 projectsinto: the bag. through thesmallopening in.its lop. :Sincethe garment is.being supported withineasy;reach von.the .hook,23, the user .mayhold .the .bagin .its elevated Positionwithone hand and transfer the garment hanger from the hook 23 to the hook 22 with the other hand. The bag is then lowered over the hanger and garment to complete the bagging operation.

The embodiment of my invention illustrated in Figs. 1 and 2 is suitable for simultaneous use by two persons. This arrangement is obviously more useful than one which could be used by only one person at a time. Because of the presence of my novel bag rack means, this embodiment costs little more than one provided with only one 3 A member 19 and one set of hooks 22 and 23. This embodiment also has the advantage of providing maximum bagging capacity for a given floor area.

The embodiment illustrated in Fig. 3 ofiers many of the advantages of the embodiment of Figs. 1 and 2 but lacks the bagging capacity thereof. Because it is less expensive, this embodiment may be preferred for installations requiring only small bagging capacity. The structure comprises a pair of uprights 25 corresponding in all respects to the uprights S. Extending between an elbow 26 on the top of one of the uprights and a reducing T 27 on the top of the other upright is a first bag rack 28 corresponding to the rack 7. Second and third bag racks 29 and 30 are positioned in stepped relation below rack 28 and correspond to racks 8 and 12 except that each of the racks-29 and 30 has only one bag supporting portion instead of two as in Figs. 1 and 2. Extending upwardly from T 27 is a single member 31 corresponding to one of the members 19 and having hooks 32 and 33 thereon corresponding in location and function to books 22 and 23 of Figs. 1 and 2.

Having described this invention in detail, it will be understood that the embodiments herein presented are ofiered only for the purpose of example, and that the invention is to be limited only by the scope of the following claims.

I claim:

1. In a garment bagging device, a base, a member extending upwardly from said base and then downwardly, the downwardly extending portion terminating in a free lower end located close to the upwardly-extending portion and being free of any obstruction to the passage of a garment bag thereover, first garment hanger supporting means on the upwardly extending portion of said member at about the same level as the free end of the downwardly extending portion for supporting a garment hanger while a garment bag is being elevated over said freeend, and a second garment hanger supporting means on said free end for supporting the garment hanger in position to have the garment bag lowered thereover, the proximity of said first and second garment hanger supporting means being such as to permit the user of the device to transfer a loaded garment hanger from the first to the second garment hanger supporting means without releasing his hoil'd upon a garment bag elevated over said free end.

2. A garment bagging device comprising a pair of spaced uprights, a rack extending between said uprights for supporting a supply of empty garment bags, an elongated member fixed to the upper end of one of said uprights and extending upwardly, then laterally away from the axis of the upright to which it is fixed in a direction opposite to the direction in which said rack extends from that upright, and then downwardly, the downwardly extending portion terminating in a free lower end located ,close to the upwardly extending portion and being free of any obstruction to the passage of a garment bag thereover, first garment hanger supporting means fixed to the upwardly extending portion of said member on the side thereof facing said downwardly extending portion at about the level of said free end for supporting a loaded garment hanger while an empty garment bag is being elevated over said free end, and second garment hanger supporting means on said free end for supporting the loaded garment hanger in position to have the garment bag lowered thereon, the proximity of said first and sec- 4 ond garment hanger supporting means being such as to permit the user of the device to transfer a loaded garment hanger from the first to the second garment hanger supporting means without releasing his hold upon a garment bag elevated over said free end.

3. A garment bagging device comprising a pair of spaced uprights, a first bag supporting means extending between said uprights substantially in a plane containing the axes of said uprights, and second bag supporting means extending between said uprights and having a pair of bag supporting portions below and substantially parallel to said first bag supporting means and located on opposite sides of said plane, two spaced members one of which is associated with one of said uprights and the other of which is associated with the other of said uprights, each of said members extending upwardly from the upright with which it is associated, then laterally away from the axis of such upright in a direction opposite to the direction in which said first bag supporting means extends therefrom, and then downwardly, the downwardly extending portion of each member terminating in a free lower end located close to the upwardly extending portion thereof and being free of any obstruction to the passage of a garment bag thereover, first garment hanger supporting means fixed to the upwardly extending portion of each of said members on the side thereof facing the downwardly extending portion at about the level of the free end, and second garment hanger supporting means on each of said free ends, the proximity of the first and second garment hanger supporting means on each of said members being such as to permit a user of the device to transfer a loaded garment hanger from the first to the second garment hanger supporting means without releasing his hold upon a garment bag elevated over the free end of such member.

4'. In a garment bagging device, a base, a member extending upwardly from said base and then downwardly, the downwardly extending port-ion terminating in a free lower end located close to the upwardly extending portion and being free of any obstruction to the passage of a garment bag thereover, a first garment hanger supporting hook on the upwardly extending portion of said member at about the same level as the free end of the downwardly extending portion for supporting a garment hanger while a garment bag is being elevated over said free end, and a second garment hanger supporting hook on said free end for supporting the garment hanger in position to have the garment bag lowered thereover, said first and second hooks having their free ends positioned adjacent each other, the proximity of said first and second garment hanger supporting hooks being such as to permit the user of the device to transfer a loaded garment hanger from the first to the second garment hanger supporting hook without releasing his hold upon a garment bag elevated over said free end of said member.

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